Gaming’s most fun sales data is full of old and obscure games

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Author: Jay Peters

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Every month, Circana video game analyst Mat Piscatella posts fascinating data about video game sales on Bluesky, highlighting trends like November's historically bad month for game hardware and Battlefield 6's big launch in October. But he doesn't just share data about what is selling the most; as of late, he's also posted delightful lists of games that have sold just a single physical copy over a certain period of time, and the lists often include retro games that take me down memory lane or titles that I didn't even know existed.

The list of games that sold one physical copy in October, for example, includes the Xbox 360 version of Burnou …

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